2nd March2011
Women drivers are to suffer thanks to the EU ruling on car insurance and gender equality

WHATEVER NEXT, HUMAN RIGHTS FOR DRUNK DRIVERS? ASKS MEP NIKKI SINCLAIRE

Nikki Sinclaire is to ask the EU where the line on equality for car insurance will be drawn or will drunk drivers be allowed to claim they are acting within their Human Rights?

The West Midlands’ independent MEP is using the example to underline the fact that women drivers are to suffer thanks to the EU ruling on car insurance and gender equality. It was an issue she broached in the EU Parliament back in October 2010 but no-one thought it likely to be made law.

Currently, the average annual premium for women aged 17-22 is £1,423. Under the new legislation, which will no longer allow gender to be taken into account when setting premiums, this could rise by a massive 25%.

Commenting on the decision, Nikki Sinclaire said:

“Gender equality is incredibly important but this decision actually discriminates against women in the UK who receive cheaper insurance premiums as they have proven to be better drivers.
Once again the EU shows its ignorance and lack of common sense in order to pursue its politically-correct objectives. This time it is the insurance industry who, for over 250 years, have used risk assessment to calculate its premiums. EU babble cannot dispute statistical facts. Whatever next? Drunk drivers claiming their Human Rights have been abused because off their rightly inflated premiums."

Issue date: Friday, October 29th 2010
'GOODBYE TO CHEAPER CAR INSURANCE FOR WOMEN?'

 

West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire has condemned planned EU legislation that would see women's car insurance soar.
Currently, the average premium for women aged 17-22 is £1,423. However, under new legislation to scrap gender being taken into account when setting premiums, this could rise by a huge 25%. Men's car insurance is unlikely to change, however the move will also affect life and medical insurance. The move comes from Advocate General Juliane Kokott, a senior official at the Supreme Court of Justice, who has argued the current situation breaches 'EU anti-discrimination and equality laws' and has asked European Court Judges to to decide later this year whether the wide-spread practice conflicts with the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Lisbon Treaty.
However, in a Brussels committee meeting yesterday, independent MEP Nikki Sinclaire argued that the European Union should be 'very careful in its work'. She states, 'Gender equality is incredibly important, however this decision actually discriminates against women in the UK who receive cheaper insurance premiums as they are proven better drivers. Europe is pushing too far'.